Written by

Sophia Voravong
svoravong@jconline.com

A Lafayette man convicted of posing as a taxi driver and raping an unconscious passenger was sentenced today to 23 ½ years in prison and must register for life as a sexually violent predator.

Last month, a Tippecanoe Circuit Court jury found 32-year-old Jacob I. Stidham guilty of rape, a Class B felony; two counts of criminal confinement, a Class C felony; public indecency, a misdemeanor; and battery, a misdemeanor.

Jurors acquitted him of attempted criminal deviate conduct, a Class B felony, based on allegations that he tried to force another passenger to perform oral sex, and receiving ...